Hetvi Bhatt

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Orbit

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Differentiating orbital cellulitis from non-specific orbital inflammation

4 December 2023 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | C-Reactive protein, Non-specific orbital inflammation, inflammatory markers, orbital cellulitis, white-cell count

This is a retrospective study looking at whether common laboratory investigations can help differentiate between orbital cellulitis (OC) and non-specific orbital inflammation (NSOI). NSOI is a diagnosis of exclusion following negative investigations for systemic diseases such as IgG4-related disease, granulomatosis...

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Telemedicine for postoperative reviews

1 December 2023 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Oculofacial, periocular, post-operative, telehealth, telemedicine

This is a detailed study looking at the use of telemedicine in the context of a postoperative review following oculoplastic and orbital surgery. The authors combined a video consultation (telephone if there were technical issues) with a ‘pre-visit tool’ that...

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Normative dimensions of the lacrimal gland

31 October 2023 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Enlargement, lacrimal gland, magnetic resonance imaging

This article looks at the normative dimensions of the lacrimal gland in the axial and coronal plane on fat-suppressed T1 weighted contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Previous data on this subject has come from computed tomography (CT). MRI is known...